Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-12
THE NEW HOME OF OUR AGE.
And the Modern woman who Creates O..

THE NEW HOME OF OUR AGE.
And the Modern woman who Creates %.
pavid swing added charm 10 the columns OF the
Chicago journal the other day as follows:
swomsn having gradually oesome free by
means OF the slow evolution OF truth she began
long ago 70 create the dwelling house and carry it
from oarnIke simplicity 10 an amazing variety
As early as In the oaronial times women began 70
touch the house Of man as by the hand OF magic
But IL Is within this century her influence has
been most powerful The egotism CT man VIII be
slow TO confess the fact; but upon reflection, We
all know that woman, when she came into the
power OF education, began 10 mare that new
presence felt. Unable 70 preach she had tne
stat made wider; not permitted 70 vote, che In
vented window shades and curtains; turned away
rom the practice OF the Law. she asked for nsna.
some china and for q clean handsome taoie-cloth;
NOT utilized In Congress- she had more time for
studying carpets and wan paper; not excepted az
Whole world write and sing the sentiment that
there Is no place like homo Educated and hsv-
ing her river Of Thought damned up in many
wild the more momentum.
The modern ideal home Is Just a. much an intel
poox w9rs AZ an s,sag or
cweillng-ho and the woman who has In some
degree fashioned ID is as much an intellectual
essayist or poet or dramatist. While, therefore,
the new home OF age Is the result OF the great
uuN ucO NOulai, IL ~ also Tue cause ana mas inddS
woman the possessor Of an intellectual power
winch she eouid not claim In the cabin and tent
woman. "
there is q remarkable resemblance between n
piece OF literature ana finished residence OF
h h,o1ern Tines That amplincatiOn which makes
ni9 literature and distinguishes IL from common
truth Is seen the moment you enter a good dwell
lng-house. Literature IL not fact, but IL is an
assenDlage OF ornamental facts The dictionary,
the arithmetic, the chemislres and Vrammars
contain facts, but these booas are not literature,
out wnen the facts come 10 US with an attractive
quality, then are We In the presence OF literature
When the mind OF the house tenant loves and
STUDIES the fabric Il Will even when wealth Is alb
semble closely an essay BY Castelar, or a novel by
scott or George Eliot. Look al the IDEAS We NAV
take cottage FAR below the city house in cost We
enter Its ample ground through neat gate Had
a poet told us OF gate we would have praised MIN
for his cultured perceptions But here Is the actual
us, clean, wide. 1t has q border of nowers Tnev
need not be expensive. Mar1golds, od.fashloped
poppes, custer roses, fouro'elock's VIII satisfy
the heart. Humming-bds dart around Us FASH
ing in the sun. True, the housekeeper did not
make the humming- birds; neither did she make
boon by the walk drew Ihither the nashIng OF The
little green wings Perfume mingles with sight
and sound we climb the front steps and pause
Ia portico, where there are some PLAIN seats.
There purple clematis plying It's resco art upon
one OF the columns Within the dwelling onw ard
moves the procession OF ornamental thoughts The
useful Is made 10 Uear Its decale load oi the beau
thu. The furniture, he noor, the ceiling, the
walls ali synpst hize with each other like tue four
pssss S S5 musiS There Is no monotsny no same
tenor and bass. How the ideas multiply before
usi The Fireplace is not stingy, but generous IL
has, perhaps row OF tiles 10 ornament the black
place OF the smoke and Ore. The mantel IL as
graceful as the reiedos behind an altar. few
vrnaments are on the shelf-not expensive, per-
haps because e0-c, mt gracefulness IL The same
as one that costs ~. But TO enumerate the Ideas
In the house would be 20 compose q Catalogue
longer than that OF Homers ships
n 10 ma frlorn ctlr.
tam 70 bookcase, from SILK here 80 creton there,
from The CLOCK 10 the teapot. from the lamp shade
board carved by her own hand. Thus, IRON founda-
ZION 70 roof, the modern home is a coliecAon OF
separate thoughts recording tne progress Of the
human MIND; Just as The snpiifcauon by CASTELAR,
genius
But while We are gazing around in hall. library
and psrior there is the unmistakape SOUND OF =
real woman coming down the stairs. While Eneas
was gazing al Tue pictures and works or art IN the
alton and was shedding not q few tears over pic
lures which recalled great men and great events
10 tne history OF Ills now yuried Troy, Inere Was
sudden sensation an the room
benoio Queen Dido was enteringi Thus while
we are adnliiing, enjoying and are almost weep
Ing over the beauty OF the womsn's home; taken
alOng with rejection That sue m,isI soon lea We
IL forever, the new DiGo comes the stairs. IL
an Instant we perceive LnaL not only has sue u abe
lne mouse Out py way OF reciprocity the house has
created her. Her dress Ii simple. but perfect In
color aud grs cefulness Her lace beams WITH The
NFatity WHICH comes from thought and the
achievements or thought, her words are the best
words In the language because tue effort TO pos
sess good stairway, a good fireplace good
WINDOW, good noor and good wall, has made
her heart earn Tor the valuable and permanent
In speech The taste cultivated In the one arr over.
nows and affects the speech and the thought
But onward goes thss harmony, for there are q
lew flowers pinned on her head; her hampers are
the perfection OF ease, because her ACTIVITY has
created a mental power which HITS her a bove the
sinali; In her conversation sne pronounces the
consonants at the ends or words, because she has
escaped the iasuor winch ASKS 10 have all sylla-
bic, end In 'w.r "ah." IL 80 be that some
silver hair has come she f. proud oil the dear
gray, because II tells OF deeper rflendsnIp,
Of warmth OF heart, 10 which girlhood Is q
stranger.
That this modern house and this modern woman
nave helped fashion u better man there can be no
shadow or doub,. NJ MS new home, the creation
OF modern timer, must be ranked along with the
schooi-house the college, the studies OF the schol-
airs, the hall or the statesman. and the temple or
religion. as power over the public mind ana sen-
tlinent OI course IL Is not The wnole word OF
woman. Woman Is larger than her house. She
Calls upon art, literature pursuits and benevo-
fence 10 help her express ana benefit her race;
The mouse represents q species OF throne, from
which there issues daily 70 the word q KIM OF
proclamation OF peace and wisdom ana virtue and
beauty. II Is preceded by tue words, .'hear ye,
hear ye." The naf-cislilzel woman Of barbarvus
uiocs, and the languid, half-dead woman OF the
civilized Lands Will soon hear THIS rolling voice, and
Will be aroused 10 some appreciation OF the truth